The update, which is still in beta, is focused on improving the way users can personalize stations. The now playing menu will include a new personalization icon that allows users to more easily surface station details, including a history of songs they've given the thumbs up or thumbs down, and which songs or artists the station is based on. You can also use this menu to rename or add more variety to stations.

The redesign also revamps the app's thumbing feature. Users will be able to go back and change their mind about songs they have previously given the thumbs up or thumbs down. This will allow users to make subtle tweaks to their existing stations.

Pandora's redesign emphasizes personalization.

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"Listener feedback, through thumbing, is integral to personalization on Pandora so we’ve increased the visual recognition around thumbing songs," Pandora's vice president of creative services, Tony Calzaretta, wrote in a blog post. "We’ve paired this with effortless access to core station functionality: view station history, swipe back to view what’s played on the station, adjust a thumb and get artist details."

Other tweaks include new animations and transitions between menus and navigational improvements. Swiping up over a song that's playing, for example, will surface contextual information about the current track and station.

The update will begin rolling out to select iOS and Android users Tuesday and will be available to everyone over the next few weeks.

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